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Application of the Megargee MMPI (Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory) Typology to a Forensic Psychiatric Population

NCJ Number
112927
Journal
Criminal Justice and Behavior Volume: 15 Issue: 2 Dated: (June 1988) Pages: 247-254
Author(s)
N H Wrobel; T A Wrobel; J W McIntosh
Date Published
1988
Length
8 pages
Annotation
Generalizability of a previously established MMPI-(Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory) based classification system that was developed using a criminal population (Megargee and Bohn, 1979) was investigated using a sample of 151 patients in a forensic psychiatry unit.
Abstract
Comparison of Megargee and Bohn's (1977) prisoners and the forensic sample indicated significantly different proportions occurring for 3 or the 10 groups with significantly higher proportion of the forensic sample occurring in the 5 more elevated profile types. Comparison of the three most common groups revealed a significant difference on the Beck Hopelessness Scale. These findings are taken to support the applicability of the Megargee system to a hospitalized population. (Publisher abstract)

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